Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve the drawback that exists in the above-mentioned prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide the inspection device for display panel of realizing the optical check robotization.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the inspection method of described display panel.
Inspection device for display panel comprises rotating disk, loading part, the first image pickup portion, the second image pickup portion, systems control division and unloading portion according to an embodiment of the invention.Described rotating disk has a plurality of (stage), and described loading part is installed display panel on the platform of primary importance in described a plurality of, and discerns intrinsic number of described display panel.The image that is shown in the display panel on the described platform that moves to the second place is taken by the described first image pickup portion, obtains first view data.The image that is shown in the display panel on the described platform that moves to the 3rd position is taken by the described second image pickup portion, obtains second view data.Described systems control division detects the effectively bad of described display panel based on described first view data, detects the bad order of described display panel based on described second view data.The display panel that described unloading portion will move on the described platform of the 4th position unloads from described platform.
Described testing fixture comprises that further the described inspection of packing into is with the carrying case of display panel and the unloader box of the display panel that unloads from described platform of packing into.
Described first and second image pickup portion comprises first and second camera of taking the image be presented at display panel on the described platform respectively, the image of described first and second camera is carried out first and second signal processing part that signal Processing becomes first view data.
Described comprises backlight unit, support component, front light-source portion, reaches signal generator.Described backlight unit sends light at the back side of described display panel, and described support component places the described display panel of described backlight upper support.Described front light-source portion sends light in the front of described display panel, and described signal generator applies electric signal to described display panel.
Described of described systems control division control is with the display panel on electricity and/or the described platform of optical drive.
Described systems control division comprises image quality inspection portion, visual examination portion, reaches control part.Described image quality inspection portion serves as that the basis is detected effectively bad with described first view data from the described first image pickup portion.Described visual examination portion serves as that bad order is detected on the basis with described second view data from the described second image pickup portion.
Described image quality inspection portion comprises effective coverage determination section, invalid bad elimination portion, and effective bad inspection portion.Described effective coverage determination section is obtained the X-axis projection and the Y-axis projection of described first view data, determines the effective coverage of described display panel.Described invalid bad elimination portion eliminates in the bad candidate group corresponding to described first view data of described effective coverage invalid bad.
Preferably, described control part is not when by the described display panel effective coverage of obtaining of described effective coverage determination section decision and actual display panel effective coverage not simultaneously, makes described image quality inspection portion and described visual examination portion out of service.And described control part detects described effectively when bad from described first view data in described effective bad test section, make described visual examination portion out of service.
Described visual examination portion comprises reference data reservoir and bad order test section.Described reference data reservoir stores has the display panel view data-benchmark image data of normal appearance, described bad order test section compares described benchmark image data and described second view data, to detect the bad order of described display panel.
Described effective coverage determination section is under the state of no electric field, and described first view data based on corresponding with the image that is presented at described display panel by described backlight determines described effective coverage.
Described invalid bad elimination portion by under having under the state of electric field corresponding to first view data of first image that is presented at described display panel by backlight and state at no electric field corresponding to first view data of second image that is presented at described display panel by front light-source between difference to eliminate described display panel invalid bad.
Described effective bad test section utilizes the luminance difference between the pixel of any pixel of described first view data and described any pixel periphery to calculate the pixel specificity values of described any pixel, the described pixel specificity values of binary bit is gathered described bad pixel and is determined effectively bad to detect bad pixel.
Preferably, to the pixel specificity values of described any pixel (S (x, y)) be S (x, y)=Max[Min (P (x, y)-P (x-kn, y), P (x, y)-P (x+kn, y)),
Min(P(x,y)-P(x,y-kn),P(x,y)-P(x,y+kn))]
Wherein, (x, y) (described k, n are natural numbers to P for x, pixel brightness value y) in order to be positioned at the coordinate of being made up of black battle array shape.
Described bad order test section by under the state of no electric field corresponding to second view data of the image that is presented at described display panel by backlight and described benchmark image data between difference detect described bad order.
Testing fixture inspection method of the present invention comprises the steps: that (a) identification places a plurality of of rotating disk to be positioned at intrinsic number of described display panel on the primary importance platform; (b) serve as that the basis is detected effectively bad with first view data corresponding with the image that is presented at display panel on the described platform that the second place moves; (c) utilize be presented at the described platform that moves to the 3rd position on corresponding second view data and the benchmark image Data Detection bad order of image of display panel; (d) will move to that display panel unloads from described platform on the described platform of the 4th place value.
Described step (b) serves as that described display panel effective coverage is detected on the basis with described first view data in step (b-1), elimination invalid bad corresponding among the bad candidate group of described first view data of described effective coverage in step (b-2); In step (b-3), detect and eliminating the effectively bad of described invalid bad described first view data.
Preferably, described step (b) compares the effective coverage and the actual effective coverage of described detection, when the effective coverage of described detection and actual effective coverage not simultaneously, stop the inspection operation and the visual examination operation of described picture.Described step (b-3), described effective when bad when detecting, stop described visual examination operation.Here, described step (b-1) is in step (b-11), take first image that is presented at described display panel under the no electric field status by backlight, in step (b-12), first image of described shooting is output as first view data, in step (b-13), obtains the X-axis projection and the Y-axis projection of first view data, in step (b-14), utilize described X-axis projection and Y-axis projection to detect described display panel effective coverage.
And, described step (b-2), in step (b-21), shooting is having second image that is presented at described display panel under the state of electric field by backlight, in step (b-22), second image of described shooting is output as first view data, in step (b-23), obtain corresponding to first view data of described first image and poor corresponding between first view data of described second image, eliminate described invalid bad.
And, described step (b-3), in step (b-31), utilize poor twice between any pixel of described first view data and the described any pixel neighboring pixel, calculate described any pixel specificity values, in step (b-32), the described pixel specificity values of binary bit is to detect bad pixel, in step (b-33), it is effectively bad to determine to gather described bad pixel.
In addition, described step (c), in step (c-1), under the state of no electric field, take the image that is presented at described display panel by backlight, in step (c-2), the image of described shooting is output as second view data, in step (c-3), detects bad order according to difference between described benchmark image data and described second view data.
This inspection device for display panel and inspection method thereof can robotization optical check operations, to reduce manpower, cost and to improve the quality of products.
Embodiment
Describe the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.
Fig. 1 be according to an embodiment of the invention display device with the fragmentary perspective view of proving installation.
With reference to Fig. 1, testing fixture comprises OCR portion 110, the first image pickup portion 120, the second image pickup portion 130, utensil portion, reaches systems control division 200.
The inspection that described OCR (optical character recognition, optical character recognition) portion 110 identification is loaded in described testing fixture is with intrinsic number of display panel (below be called " display panel ").Be provided to described systems control division 200 intrinsic number of described identification, described systems control division 200 is the inspection result data that basic management will be carried out later with described intrinsic number.
The described display panel of the described first image pickup portion, 120 shootings provides first view data by the image that electricity and optical drive show to described systems control division 200.
The described display panel of the described second image pickup portion, 130 shootings provides second view data by the image that optical drive shows to described systems control division 200.
Described utensil portion comprises rotating disk 411, a plurality of 410,420,430,440, camera movement parts 412, carrying case 461, unloader box 462, chest transfer member 463, loading arm 471, unload arm 472 etc., and the control of described utensil portion by described systems control division 200 is along with the carrying out order of checking operation drives.
Arrange a plurality of 410,420,430,440 that described display panel is installed at described rotating disk 411.Described rotating disk 411 will be installed in the position that described described display panel moves to the described inspection portion 110,120,130 that is disposed in order according to inspection.
Described camera movement parts 412 place first and second position of camera downward direction (+Z-axle ,-Z-axle) of the described first image pickup portion 120 and the second image pickup portion 130 to move corresponding to the big young pathbreaker of described display panel.That is, described display panel hour, with described first and second camera downwards (Z-axle) move, when described display panel is big, will described first and second camera upwards (+Z axle) mobile, to guarantee the focal length of irradiated body.
Separate the display panel of packing into and will check at described carrying case 461.In fact during checking, as shown in the figure, described carrying case 461 is in to+state 461a that the Z-direction is being stood.
Separate the display panel that the end of packing into is checked at described unloader box 162.In fact during checking as shown in the figure, described unloader box 462 is in to+state 462a that the Z-direction of principal axis is standing, finishes the display panel checked it lies low to-X-direction of principal axis if separate to fill at described unloader box 462.
Described casing transfer member 463 is transplanted on the unloader box position with described carrying case 461a when described carrying case 461a is empty.The described carrying case 461a of result becomes unloader box 462a, and separating packs into finishes the display panel of inspection.
Described loading arm 471 is taken out the display panel that is enclosed in described carrying case 461a in order, is transplanted on the corresponding platform 410 of described OCR portion 110 of checking the operation time point with described optics (Visual).
Described unload arm 472 is taken out the display panel that is installed on the platform 440 that finishes described optical check operation end point-described visual examination operation, separates in order among the described unloader box 462a that packs into.
The whole driving of the described testing fixture of described systems control division 200 controls.
Specifically, first view data that provides with the described first image pickup portion 120 of described systems control division 200 serves as that the basis is detected by described display panel point (pixel), line, and optical thin film is bad etc.Second view data that described systems control division 200 provides with the described second image pickup portion 130 serves as that the basis described display panel of detection is apparent bad.
Fig. 2 is the operation concept map of the first image pickup portion shown in Fig. 1.
With reference to Fig. 2, the described first image pickup portion 120 comprises first camera 121 and first signal processing part 123.Described first camera 121 is taken the image that described display panel 101 shows.The picture signal of 123 pairs of described shootings of described first signal processing part is carried out signal Processing, becomes with the frame to be the view data of unit and to be provided to described systems control division 200.
The image of display panel 101 demonstrations that are installed on the platform 152 that is positioned at the second place on the described rotating disk 411 is taken by the described first image pickup portion 120, to obtain first view data.The image that is presented at described display panel 101 is according to the image of the control electricity of described systems control division 200 and optical drive or the image of optical drive.
Specifically, platform 420 comprises backlight unit 421, proliferation part 422, anchor clamps (jig), test signal generating unit 424 and front light-source portion 425.Described backlight unit 421 penetrates light at described display panel 101 back sides, the light that described proliferation part 422 diffusions are penetrated from described backlight.Described anchor clamps 423 support described display panel 101, and have regional transmission TA and lightproof area CA, make the light of described diffusion only inject to display panel 101 positions of described installation.
Described test signal generating unit 423 produces the test signal that described display panel 101 actions are looked in electric-examination.Described test signal puts on the data-signal of described display panel 101 data lines and puts on the sweep signal of sweep trace.Described data-signal is black image data, white image data, red image data, green image data, blue image data and gray image data etc.
Described front light-source portion 425 penetrates light in described display panel 101 fronts, preferably, and according to described display panel 101 edge placement.For example, a plurality of light emitting diodes place the four jiao type printed substrates corresponding with described display panel 101 edges, provide the light with pre-determined tilt angle to described display panel 101.
As mentioned above, described 152 function of carrying out corresponding backlight assembly and drive assembly in LCD with described display panel 101 electricity and optical drive, shows the bad images of image quality such as checkpoint (or pixel), line and optical thin film.
Fig. 3 is the second image pickup portion procedure chart shown in Fig. 1.
With reference to Fig. 3, the described second image pickup portion 130 comprises second camera 131 and secondary signal handling part 133.Described second camera 131 is taken the image that described display panel 101 shows.The picture signal of 133 pairs of described shootings of described secondary signal handling part is carried out signal Processing, and it is become with the frame is the view data of unit, outputs to described systems control division 200.
The image that shows on the display panel 101 that is installed on the platform that is positioned at the 3rd position on the described rotating disk 411 is taken by the described second image pickup portion 130, to obtain second view data.The image that is presented at described display panel 101 is the image that carries out optical drive according to the control of described systems control division 200.
Specifically, comprise backlight unit 431, proliferation part 432 and anchor clamps 433 for described 430.Described backlight unit 431 penetrates light at the described display panel back side, the light that described proliferation part 432 diffusions are penetrated from described backlight.Described anchor clamps 433 support described display panel 101, and have regional transmission TA and lightproof area CA, make the light of described diffusion only inject to described display panel 101 positions of installation.
Described 430 effect of playing in LCD corresponding to backlight assembly, and the described display panel 101 of optical drive show the image of checking bad order.Though not shown, described 430 also comprises front light-source portion and test signal generating unit.
Fig. 4 is the systems control division procedure chart shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
With reference to Fig. 4, systems control division 200 of the present invention comprises image quality inspection portion 220, visual examination portion 230, reservoir 240, efferent 250, reaches control part 260.
Described image quality inspection portion 220 serves as that display panel image quality bad data is detected on the basis with first view data from the described first image pickup portion 120.Described image quality bad data is the data of effectively bad and described effective bad position such as point (pixel), line and optical thin film.Specifically, described image quality inspection portion 220 comprises effective coverage determination section 221, invalid bad elimination portion 223, and effective bad test section 225.
Described effective coverage determination section 221 is obtained described first view data X-axis projection and Y-axis projection and is determined described display panel effective coverage.Described invalid bad elimination portion 223 detects invalid bad and eliminate in bad candidate group in described effective coverage.Described invalid bad be not on described display panel, produce bad, for example, as the particulate on the optical thin film and to wipe (scratch) etc. bad.Detect this invalid bad lethal power (overkill) that prevents unnecessary transition.
It is effectively bad that the multiple Flame Image Process of using described effective bad test section 225 detects the reality of described effective coverage, and detect described effectively bad generation position.For example, effectively bad by point (or pixel), line and optical thin film etc.Described Flame Image Process algorithm is PSM (Pixel Singularity Measurement) method, two evolution (binary) and spot-analysis (blob) etc.Described PSM algorithm utilizes the luminance difference between each pixel and the neighboring pixel to obtain pixel specificity values (Singularity:S), and described first view data is transformed to the PSM view data.Described two evolve carries out binary bit and determines bad pixel the PSM view data.Described spot-analysis method is gathered described bad pixel and is determined reality effectively bad.
Any pixel specificity values S such as following mathematical expression 1 by described PSM algorithm.
Mathematical expression 1
S(x,y)=Max[Min(P(x,y)-P(x-kn,y),P(x,y)-P(x+kn,y)),
Min(P(x,y)-P(x,y-kn),P(x,y)-P(x,y+kn))]
Wherein, (x, y) (described k, n are natural numbers to P for x, pixel brightness value y) in order to be positioned at the coordinate of being made up of black battle array shape.
Be suitable for critical value (Threshold) in the pixel specificity values of obtaining by described mathematical expression 1 (S) and carry out binary bit (B).Described binary bit (B) is as following mathematical expression 2.
Mathematical expression 2
B (x, y)=1 ... if S (x, y) 〉=Threshold
0 ... if S (x, y)<Threshold
Based on by the two-symbol value of described PSM algorithm, will be by spot-analysis (Blob Analysis) algorithm, the bad pixel with described " 1 " value is managed as a set.
Described effective bad test section 225 detects effectively bad by described display panel point (or pixel), line and optical thin film etc. by described PSM algorithm and spot-analysis.And, also detect and produce described effectively bad position data.
Described visual examination portion 230 serves as the bad order information data that described display panel is detected on the basis with second view data from the described second image pickup portion 130.Specifically, described visual examination portion 230 comprises reference data reservoir 231 and bad order test section 233.Described bad order test section 233 detects bad order by reference data and described second view data that relatively is stored in described reference data reservoir 231.
Described reservoir 240 stores intrinsic number and the inspection result data of described display panel of described display panel.Be that the bad data that detects in intrinsic number of described display panel and the described inspection operation is connected to each other and is stored in the described reservoir 240.Described thus control part 260 carries out the management to inspection result data easily.
Described efferent 250 is user interfaces, for example display device.Promptly to the testing fixture present situation of user by real-time demonstration fox message result and checking process.And, though not shown, have the input part as keyboard and mouse, can the input checking order to testing fixture etc.
The action of described control part 260 control total system control parts 200 is corresponding to the action of the implementation sequential control utensil drive division 140 of described testing fixture.Specifically, described utensil drive division 140-1 comprises rotating disk drive division 411-1, the drive division 412-1 that adjusts position of camera that drives rotating disk, the arm drive division 470-1 that adjusts the casing drive division 460-1 that reprints case and unloader box position, the OCR drive division 110-1 that adjusts OCR portion 110 positions, adjustment loading arm and unload arm position
Fig. 5 a to Fig. 5 c is the movement concept figure of the effective coverage determination section shown in Fig. 4.Fig. 5 a illustrates from first view data of the described first image pickup portion 120 outputs.Describe below with reference to Fig. 2 to Fig. 5 c.
Described backlight unit 421 on 200 of described systems control divisions drive described 420.Because only lighted described backlight unit 421, described first camera 121 is taken the image that is presented at described display panel.123 pairs of photographic images of described first signal processing part carry out signal Processing becomes first view data, and first view data shown in Fig. 5 a is provided to described systems control division.
Fig. 5 b is that first view data shown in Fig. 5 a is schemed in X-axis drop shadow curve, and Fig. 5 c is the drop shadow curve figure of first view data shown in Fig. 5 a in Y-axis.Described section (profile) is pixel brightness value (Gray Level), and described X-axis projection is the value that adds the pixel section of arranging to Y direction, and described Y-axis projection is the value that adds the pixel section of arranging to X-direction.
With reference to Fig. 5 b, described X projection is that general lightproof area CA for platform 420 is zero, and projection has gray shade scale (Gray Level) for regional transmission TA.In addition, as shown in the figure, produce the light leakage, have the part 312 that described projection is risen suddenly at described lightproof area CA and regional transmission TA boundary surface.Therefore, the interval AA X decision that described projection is kept by described gray shade scale is the X-axis length of described display panel effective coverage.
With reference to Fig. 5 c, described Y projection also is to have part 311a, the 311b that projection is risen in the interval both sides of being kept projection by gray shade scale.Described part 311a, 311b produce the part that light leaks from described lightproof area CA and regional transmission TA boundary surface.Therefore, the interval AA Y decision that described projection is kept by gray shade scale has the Y-axis length of zonule for described display panel.
Described control part 260 confirms whether be fit to corresponding to described display panel pattern size at the display panel effective coverage X-axis length A A X of described effective coverage determination section 221 decisions and Y-axis length A A Y.As when confirming that result and pattern vary in size, described control part 260 outputs to described efferent 250 with abnormal occurrence, and is presented at the outside, no longer carries out above image quality inspection and visual examination operation.
Fig. 6 a to Fig. 6 d is the movement concept figure of the invalid bad elimination portion shown in Fig. 4, describes below with reference to Fig. 2 to Fig. 6 a to Fig. 6 d.
Fig. 6 a shows when connecting backlight unit 421 and when test signal generating unit 424 applies test signal, the first view data IM1 that obtains in the described first image pickup portion 120.As shown in the figure, all there be invalid bad (FalseDefect:FD) by display panel 101 reality effectively bad (True Defect:TD) and optical thin film and particle etc. in the first view data IM1.
Fig. 6 b shows when connecting backlight 421 and connecting front light-source 425, the first view data IM2 that obtains from the described first image pickup portion 120.Described display panel 101 is no electric field status, therefore described first view data IM2 existence effectively bad by actual display panel 101.Shown in Fig. 6 c, by front light-source 425 on described optical thin film 102 particle 104 or the invalid bad FD the streak (scratch) 106 etc. obtain by the described first image pickup portion 120.That is, only there is invalid bad FD at the described first view data IM2 shown in Fig. 6 b.
Therefore, deduct the first view data IM3 that the first view data IM2 shown in Fig. 6 b just tries to achieve effective bad TD as described in only existing shown in Fig. 6 d from the first view data IM1 shown in the 6a.Described invalid bad elimination portion 223 will only exist the first view data IM3 of the effective bad TD that eliminates described invalid bad FD to output to described effective bad test section 225.
Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 d is the movement concept figure of the effective bad test section shown in Fig. 4.Specifically, Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 c is the concept map of the described PSM operation method of explanation, and Fig. 7 d is the concept map that illustrated block is analyzed operation method.
With reference to Fig. 7 a to Fig. 7 b, based on mathematical expression 1 obtain to any pixel P (x, specificity values y) (x, y).
For example, (x1, y1) (x1 is y1) shown in following mathematical expression for specificity values S for pixel P.
Mathematical expression 3S (x1, y1)=Max[Min (P (x1, y1)-P (x1-kn, y1), P (x1, y1)-P (x1+kn, y1)),
Min(P(x1,y1)-P(x1,y1-kn),P(x1,y1)-P(x1,y1+kn))]
=Max[Min(400-400,400-400),Min(400-400,400-400)]
=Max(0,0)=0
Shown in mathematical expression 3, when any pixel brightness value and neighboring pixel brightness value almost during indifference, specificity values is near " 0 ", promptly as specificity values S during near " 0 ", becomes no condition of poor.
In addition, contrast neighboring pixel brightness value have relatively bright value pixel P (x3, specificity values S y3) (x3, y3), as shown below.Suppose that here (x3, described neighboring pixel brightness value y3) is 400 to described pixel P.
Mathematical expression 4S (x3, y3)=Max[Min (P (x3, y3)-P (x3-kn, y3), P (x3, y3)-P (x3+kn, y3)),
Min(P(x3,y3)-P(x3,y3-kn),P(x3,y3)-P(x3,y3+kn))]
=Max(Min(400,400),Min(400,400))
=Max(400,400)=400
In addition, contrast neighboring pixel brightness value have relatively dark value " 0 " pixel P (x4, specificity values S y4) (x4, y4), as shown below.Suppose that here (x4, described neighboring pixel brightness value y4) is 300 to described pixel P.
Mathematical expression 5S (x4, y4)=Max[Min (P (x4, y4)-P (x4-kn, y4), P (x4, y4)-P (x4+kn, y4)),
Min(P(x4,y4)-P(x4,y4-kn),P(x4,y4)-P(x4,y4+kn))]
=Max(Min(300,300),Min(300,300))
=Max(300,300)=300
As described shown in mathematical expression 4 and the mathematical expression 5, when any pixel than neighboring pixel brightness value big relatively or hour, described specificity values has predetermined value, promptly to have the situation of predetermined value be to have condition of poor to specificity values.
As mentioned above, the invalid bad view data that will eliminate from described invalid bad elimination portion 223 of described effective bad test section 225 is transformed to the PSM view data to detect invalid bad candidate group.
With reference to Fig. 7 c and Fig. 7 d, described PSM view data based on mathematical expression 2, is determined actual effective bad STD among described effective bad candidate group by scale-of-two and block analysis.And, detect the position of described effective bad STD.
Effective bad group in described PSM view data forms by having the bad pixel of forming a plurality of brightness values by a plurality of bad pixels with brightness value.For example, shown in Fig. 7 c, effective bad group is decided to be actual effective bad STD-1 according to the critical value of setting with described first and second pixel P1, P2 when being made up of with the second pixel P2 with second brightness value the first pixel P1 with first brightness value.Perhaps, some effective bad STD-2 of reality that is decided to be among first and second pixel P1, the P2.
For example, form effectively bad factor of a reality for pixel P 1, the P2 of " 1 ", therefore manage by set of block analysis operation method according to the two-symbol value of the described first critical value TH1.That is, management is an effective bad STD-1.
Shown in Fig. 7 d, detect described effective bad STD size and location coordinate.For example, detect described effective bad STD size for " 39 ", left side coordinate for " 1378 ", right side coordinate for " 1386 ", go up areal coordinate for " 723 ", areal coordinate is " 7249 " etc. for " 727 ", central X coordinate for " 1382 ", central Y coordinate down.
And, be a set by described block analysis operation method with the management of the bad pixel of adjacency, can detect effective bad etc. by line or optical thin film thus.The line of described display panel is bad to be detected with horizontal or vertical linearity, and the bad of optical thin film detects with the wire with point-like or curve.
Fig. 8 a to Fig. 8 d is that explanation is corresponding to the bad effective bad concept map of line.
Fig. 8 a comprises by operation method, scale-of-two, and the effective bad L-STD view data of the line that obtains of block analysis.Fig. 8 b is the curve map that the view data shown in Fig. 8 a is illustrated the X-axis projection.Detect the linear position data that produces the effective bad L-STD of described line by described X week projection.That is, the Xn locality data line that rises suddenly at brightness value has produced bad.
Fig. 8 c is the curve map that the view data shown in Fig. 8 a is illustrated the Y-axis projection, is a bad example of data line is shown.Shown in Fig. 8 c, the brightness value in the Y-axis projection before the Ym place is " 0 ", and brightness value is a certain value after the Yn place.This situation is to be the situation of closing in the data line Yn place in described Xn place.
In addition, Fig. 8 d illustrates the Y-axis projection according to the bad other example of data line.As shown in the figure, it is more little to have a more little brightness value of Y coordinate of maximum brightness value in the Ym place.This situation is to produce short situation about opening between described Xn locality data line and described Ym place gate line.That is, can detect bad line position and bad type on the display panel by the effective bad L-STD of wire that detects.
As mentioned above, detect effectively bad by point (or pixel), line and optical thin film etc. in described image quality inspection portion 220 based on first view data from the first image pickup portion 120.Detecting described effective bad process is, the first decision effective coverage, and second elimination is invalid bad, and the 3rd by the actual effectively bad and effective bad position of operation methods such as PSM/ scale-of-two/block analysis detection.
Like this, the image quality flame data storing that detects in described image quality inspection portion 220 is in described reservoir 240, and by described control part 260 management.
Fig. 9 a to Fig. 9 c is the movement concept figure of the visual examination portion shown in Fig. 4.At first describe with reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4.
Described backlight 431 on 200 of described systems control divisions drive described 430.131 in described second camera is opened described backlight unit and is taken the image that is presented at described display panel.Described first signal processing part 133 carries out signal Processing the image of taking is become second view data, and provides to described systems control division 200.
Fig. 9 a illustrates second view data that obtains from described second view data, and Fig. 9 b illustrates the display panel view data with normal appearance.
The described second image pickup portion 130 is provided to described visual examination portion 230 with the described second view data TIM.It is whether bad to confirm that described outward appearance test section 231 relatively is stored in the benchmark image data RIM and the described second view data TIM of described reference data reservoir 231.
That is, calculate poor between described second view data TIM and the described benchmark image data RIM.When there was the good ED of outward appearance portion in described second view data, shown in Fig. 9 c, also there was bad order ED ' in the view data that deducts.
Therefore, described control part 260 is stored in described reservoir 240 with the bad order information data that detects in the described visual examination portion 230.Image quality flame data that 260 management of described control part detect in described image quality inspection portion 220 and the bad order information data that detects in described visual examination portion 230.
Figure 10 to Figure 16 is the inspection method process flow diagram of inspection device for display panel according to an embodiment of the invention.Described testing fixture inspection method is divided into image quality and checks operation (operation S500) and visual examination operation (operation S600).
Specifically, referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 4 and Figure 10, described loading arm 471 will be contained in predetermined display panel 101 in the display panel of described carrying case 461a and be loaded on primary importance 410 platforms that are positioned on the rotating disk 411 corresponding with described OCR portion 110 (operation S510).110 identifications of described OCR portion are presented at intrinsic number of display panel 101 and are transferred to control part 260.Described control part 260 is based on the inspection data of intrinsic number of described reception management to described display panel 101.
If finish described loading process, then described control part 260 is controlled the described utensil portion and the first image pickup portions 120, to obtain first view data (operation S520).
Specifically, as shown in figure 11, described control part 260 is controlled rotating disk drive division 411-1, the platform that loads described display panel 101 is moved to the second place 420 (operation S521) at the described first image pickup portion 120 places.Described control part 260 is connected described backlight unit 421, drives test signal generating unit 424, to apply test signal (operation S522) to described display panel 101.Described control part 260 drives first camera 121, is presented at the image (operation S523) of described display panel 101 with shooting.The picture signal of taking is carried out signal Processing at first signal processing part 123 becomes first view data, and outputs to described image quality inspection portion 220.(operation S524).
Be input to the effective coverage determination section 211 of described image quality inspection portion 220 at the first view data IM1 of the described first image pickup portion 129 output, to detect effective coverage (operation S530).Specifically, as shown in figure 12, obtain X-axis projection and the Y-axis projection (operation S531) of the described first view data IM1.Detect effective coverage AA X, the AA Y (operation S532) of the described first view data IM1 based on described X-axis projection and described Y state projection.
In addition, the pattern information of effective coverage AA X, the AA Y of the first view data IM1 of described control part 260 more described detections and the described display panel 101 that stored is to confirm whether to exist error (operation S540).Confirm the result, when the effective coverage of detecting and pattern information not simultaneously, whether unusually described control part 260 generals output to described efferent 250 and be presented at the outside, not carry out above image quality inspection and visual examination operation.
Described affirmation result, when the effective coverage of described detection was identical with described pattern information, described control part 260 was proceeded the image quality inspection to the described first view data IM1 effective coverage of detecting.
That is, from the described first view data IM1, eliminate invalid bad (operation S550).
Specifically, as shown in figure 13, described control part 260 is connected front light-source 425, closes test signal generating unit 424 (operation S551).Drive described first camera 121 and take described display panel 101 images (operation S552) that only show by light from described front light-source 425.The image of described shooting carries out signal Processing at described first signal processing part 123 and becomes first view data line output (operation S553) of going forward side by side.Described invalid bad elimination portion 223 deducts the first view data IM1 and the described second view data IM2 (operation S554) of described operation S524.That is, all there be invalid bad by bad effective bad and particle such as the actual pixels of display panel 101 and line and streak etc., only exist described invalid bad at the first view data IM2 of described operation S553 at the first view data IM1 of described operation S524.Therefore eliminate described invalid bad by described first view data IM1 and the described second view data IM2 subtraction.Described invalid bad first view data (operation S555) is eliminated in output.
Described effective bad test section 225 utilizes the described invalid bad described first view data IM3 of elimination to detect the actual bad of described display panel 101, for example, detection is by effective bad and described effective bad position (operation S560) of point (or pixel), line and optical thin film etc.
Specifically, as shown in figure 14, at first utilize the PSM operation method that the described first view data IM3 is transformed to PSM view data (operation S561).The described PSM view data of binary bit detects bad pixel (operation S562).Utilize the block analysis operation method to manage described bad pixel, to determine reality effectively bad (operation S563) by set.Determine described effectively bad and analyze described effective bad detection position (S564).At this moment, when described effectively bad be line when bad, can detect it is the situation according to the line short circuit by X-axis projection and Y-axis projection etc., or situation about opening circuit according to line.
Described control part 260 confirms whether detect effectively bad (operation S570) at described effective bad test section 225.It is effective when bad to confirm that the result detects, and whether unusually described control part 260 will output to described efferent 250, is presented at the outside, does not check the visual examination operation of operation then.
In addition, do not detect effectively when bad at effective bad test section 225, carry out the visual examination operation and detect bad order (operation S620).
Specifically, as shown in figure 15, described control part 260 is controlled rotating disk drive division 411-1, the platform that loads described display panel 101 is moved to the 3rd position 430 (operation S611) at the described second image pickup portion 130 places.Described control part 260 is connected described backlight unit 431 (operation S612).Described control part 260 drives second camera 131, takes the image (operation S613) that is presented at described display panel 101.The picture signal of taking is carried out signal Processing at the secondary signal handling part, becomes second view data and outputs to described visual examination 230 (the operation S614) of portion.
The described second view data TIM that is input to the bad order test section 231 of described visual examination portion 230 obtains poor (the operation S621) between the benchmark image data RIM that has stored.When existing bad order, described second view data detects bad order (operation S622).
As mentioned above, check operation and visual examination operation if finish image quality, then described control part 260 control rotating disk drive division 411-1, it moves to the 4th position 440 of loading described display panel 101.Then, described control part 260 control arm drive division 470-1 drive described unload arm 472, make the described display panel 101 that finishes to check be received into unloader box 462a.Therefore finish to check that the display panel of operation is contained in described unloader box 462a, finish the display panel checked, then lie low to-X-direction of principal axis if fill up at described unloader box 462a.
The invention effect
As mentioned above, the present invention is embodied with the optical check operation display panel by automated system, increases with the quantity of responding actively the display panel that causes because of the increase of middle-size and small-size display device use amount.Specifically, shorten and check activity time, raising output, the labor savings expense, product stability is guaranteed in the robotization of management flame.
The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.